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Support Widget Press against U.S. Patent 7,822,816

18 points by thehodge 15y ago

thehodge 15y ago
From the article; "In its broadest sense, the present invention is a method designed to accomplish the following: 1) Allow any computer(s) (desktops, laptops, handhelds, portables, etc.) to be used to capture information; 2) Transfer the information to a data center (via file transfer methods such as a network, to include, but not necessarily, Internet based) in a form that the data center can recognize; 3) Allow another computer(s) to access the information and download it from the data center in a format that can be readily used regardless of the format in which the original information was gathered." This was granted in 2010..
- sudhirj 15y ago
  Seriously. wtf.
dylancm 15y ago
That's it, I'm filing a patent for the patent process. Since clearly no one in the patent office has any idea what they are doing, I feel confident I will be granted this patent.
mikhailfranco 15y ago
Someone has to stand and fight the trolls. http://info.articleonepartners.com/macrosolve-patent-study/ http://info.articleonepartners.com/macrosolve-patent-study/ "We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask, what is our policy? I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land, and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be." I would donate to support a battle, but not to subsidize a capitulation. Mik
hsmyers 15y ago
Isn't it about time a registry of 'Known Trolls' was created in order to gather information about their operation(s) and their patents. This would allow others to begin the process of gathering prior art and with legal help submitting same to the idiots at the Patent Office.
- deleted 15y ago
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- mikhailfranco 15y ago
  See my link below ...
revolvingcur 15y ago
I realize I'm late to the game here, but I know the founder and lead developer of Widget Press personally, and he is one of the hardest-working individuals in the indie Mac software development game. I contributed to him despite having never used one of his products commercially, but I believe the type of nonsense that allows trolls like Lodsys and Macrosolve to exist needs to stop.

18 points by thehodge 15y ago

From the article; "In its broadest sense, the present invention is a method designed to accomplish the following: 1) Allow any computer(s) (desktops, laptops, handhelds, portables, etc.) to be used to capture information; 2) Transfer the information to a data center (via file transfer methods such as a network, to include, but not necessarily, Internet based) in a form that the data center can recognize; 3) Allow another computer(s) to access the information and download it from the data center in a format that can be readily used regardless of the format in which the original information was gathered." This was granted in 2010..

sudhirj 15y ago
Seriously. wtf.

dylancm 15y ago

That's it, I'm filing a patent for the patent process. Since clearly no one in the patent office has any idea what they are doing, I feel confident I will be granted this patent.

mikhailfranco 15y ago

Someone has to stand and fight the trolls. http://info.articleonepartners.com/macrosolve-patent-study/ http://info.articleonepartners.com/macrosolve-patent-study/ "We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask, what is our policy? I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land, and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be." I would donate to support a battle, but not to subsidize a capitulation. Mik

hsmyers 15y ago

Isn't it about time a registry of 'Known Trolls' was created in order to gather information about their operation(s) and their patents. This would allow others to begin the process of gathering prior art and with legal help submitting same to the idiots at the Patent Office.

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mikhailfranco 15y ago
See my link below ...

revolvingcur 15y ago

I realize I'm late to the game here, but I know the founder and lead developer of Widget Press personally, and he is one of the hardest-working individuals in the indie Mac software development game. I contributed to him despite having never used one of his products commercially, but I believe the type of nonsense that allows trolls like Lodsys and Macrosolve to exist needs to stop.